More Adhuc Quotes

 A creature of a more exalted kindWas wanting yet, and then was Man designed;Conscious of thought, of more capacious breast,For empire formed, and fit to rule the rest. I, 76 (translated by John Dryden).

 Let me repeat, gentlemen, that a right-minded and true-hearted statesman who has had as much sovereign power placed in his hands as you have placed in mine should regard himself as the servant of the Senate; and often of the people as a whole; and sometimes of private citizens, too. I do not regret this view, because I have always found you to be generous, just, and indulgent masters. Variant translation: Conscript Fathers, I have often said it both now and at other times, that a good and useful prince, whom you have invested with so great and absolute power, ought to be a slave to the senate, to the whole body of the people, and often to individuals likewise: nor am I sorry that I have said it. I have always found you good, kind, and indulgent masters, and still find you so. To the Senate, from Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars, ch.29

 See whom you fly! am I the foe you shun?Now, by those holy vows, so late begun,By this right hand, (since I have nothing moreTo challenge, but the faith you gave before)I beg you by these tears too truly shed,By the new pleasures of our nuptial bed;If ever Dido, when you most were kind,Were pleasing in your eyes, or touch'd your mind;By these my pray'rs, if pray'rs may yet have place,Pity the fortunes of a falling race.Lines 314–319 (translated by John Dryden).

 Let me repeat, gentlemen, that a right-minded and true-hearted statesman who has had as much sovereign power placed in his hands as you have placed in mine should regard himself as the servant of the Senate; and often of the people as a whole; and sometimes of private citizens, too. I do not regret this view, because I have always found you to be generous, just, and indulgent masters. Variant translation: Conscript Fathers, I have often said it both now and at other times, that a good and useful prince, whom you have invested with so great and absolute power, ought to be a slave to the senate, to the whole body of the people, and often to individuals likewise: nor am I sorry that I have said it. I have always found you good, kind, and indulgent masters, and still find you so. To the Senate, from Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars, ch.29

 A creature of a more exalted kindWas wanting yet, and then was Man designed;Conscious of thought, of more capacious breast,For empire formed, and fit to rule the rest. I, 76 (translated by John Dryden).

 See whom you fly! am I the foe you shun?Now, by those holy vows, so late begun,By this right hand, (since I have nothing moreTo challenge, but the faith you gave before)I beg you by these tears too truly shed,By the new pleasures of our nuptial bed;If ever Dido, when you most were kind,Were pleasing in your eyes, or touch'd your mind;By these my pray'rs, if pray'rs may yet have place,Pity the fortunes of a falling race. Lines 314–319 (translated by John Dryden).

 "My father," said she, "is there any daughter that can love her father more than duty requires? In my opinion, whoever pretends to it, must disguise her real sentiments under the veil of flattery. I have always loved you as a father, nor do I yet depart from my purposed duty; and if you insist to have something more extorted from me, hear now the greatness of my affection, which I always bear you, and take this for a short answer to all your questions; look how much you have, so much is your value, and so much do I love you." Bk. 2, ch. 11; p. 115.